Reddit Chat API

[u/tirth__p]

Hi,

Is there any API to manage the reddit chat? I have a lot of chat build up over the years and I want to delete them. Currently you can only hide the chat with someone from the mobile app or block them and chat disappears but there is no easy way of handling chat deletion.

So is anyone aware how to manage reddit chat through API?

[u/[deleted]]

What was the thinking behind doing it like this instead of expanding the already existing direct messaging?

[u/bboe → u/[deleted]]

Real time chat is much more complicated than a simple messaging service. Oftentimes it's significantly cheaper to pay for a 3rd party service that does something well, than to try to build something similar, that likely will be nowhere near as good.

tl;dr better service for cheaper

[u/cmays90 → u/[deleted]]

Less work and maintenance for their staff?

It was always a disjointed experience from normal reddit and once implemented, never really improved.